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Black Hole Could Transform Into a Boson Star, Study Suggests

Original: A Black Hole Could Spit Itself Out of Its Own Hair, Leaving a Boson Star in Its Wake https://www. sciencealert.com/a-bla

A new report suggests a black hole could shed its 'hair' — quantum fields outside the event horizon — by ejecting them, and in the process leave behind a boson star, a hypothetical object made of particles with no strong force interactions. The idea comes from theoretical physics exploring black holes beyond general relativity, and readers are sharing it as a striking example of how exotic black hole behavior can get.

Why now: The counterintuitive idea of a black hole turning into a boson star is capturing attention among science readers.

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